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Sky Invaders 3D
Bunker view - panoramic view - showing First Aid Box, TV set, and Ammo boxes. Cannon can be partially seen, in left-hand Bunker window.
NB - the black areas are transparent, so the real world can be seen through them.
In this Augmented-Reality action role-playing game, the Player assumes the role of defending Earth, against 3 kinds of alien UFO's in a 1950's-style world. This world happens to be located - in your own backyard.
If you can outwit - and outshoot - their flight patterns - you can beat "em.
Game also features in-game TV "News Flash" footage as Earth is annihilated by the Martians during gameplay.
THE HOOK: Imagine being inside the movie `Mars Attacks', or `War of the Worlds' or `Earth vs the Flying Saucers', with a huge Cannon - and a Bunker at your disposal.
GENRE: Augmented Reality First-Person UFO Shooter.
PLATFORM: Laptop PC (intended for mobile consoles eg slimline PS2, PSP etc)
PERIPHERAL: The A-Rage(tm) helmet: Augmented Reality Active Game Engine. Puts you "in the game" like never before.
THEME: 1950"s sci-fi and UFO movies - with a comical twist.
TARGET AUDIENCE: 15-35 year olds, males and females
Game Overview
3-D Sky Invaders is an outdoor A.R. "UFO shoot-em-up" game, set in the 1950"s.
It is highly addictive and very entertaining to play - and demonstrates the huge and exciting potential of outdoor AR games.
Hooks
- Exciting, engaging and fun outdoor UFO shooting gameplay action;
- Amazing A.R. Player immersion into the gameplay, and game "world";
- a_rage Surround Sound;
- Spectacularly real explosions *;
- Realistic physics - for both shooting, and the UFO flight paths;
- Highly-Intuitive Interface (i.e. move head to aim, and, consistent 2-D HUD design);
- TV News Flashes provide hints and commentary;
- 5 different stylized In-Game Music soundtracks, and
- Humourous Sound Effects (gag-horn when out of ammo).
* NB - Flames and floating objects look very cool in AR, so these are maximized.
Game Play
- 3-D FPS action - in Outdoor Augmented Reality;
- Realistic and challenging `aiming and shooting' aspect;
- Strategic timing, of the Player moving between the Bunker and Turret;
- Different UFO flight paths require different aiming strategies, and
- Difficulty adjusts upwards, as levels increase.
Points Of Difference
- Outdoor Augmented Reality;
- The Tone = entertaining;
- Culturally intelligent: references classic 1950's sci-fi, and
- Reduces `gamer couch-potato' syndrome, requires physical activity.
Competitve Analysis
Similar products:
- Destroy All Humans (due out 2005), and
- Deer Hunter (1998).
This game has a similar tone to Destroy All Humans, and somewhat similar gameplay to Deer Hunter, with wings and on steroids.
Game Controls
- `X' to fire;
- Move head to aim, and
- Walk to change locations;
